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It’s Haul Your Weird Stuff on a Trailer Day

Posted on Thursday, January 14, 02010 under adventure, weird & whimsical.

… or, apparently. My commute this morning was greeted with three rather unusual cargo sights. If only I’d thought to bring a camera. 1) A flatbed truck was hauling the sign for the new airport parking lot. That might not seem too weird, signs and stuff being hauled about all the time I’m sure, but this sign happened to be a thirty-foot diameter, hockey-puck-shaped, lime-coloured, monstrosity of a green disc emblazoned with the words “Value Park” in a bold white font. 2) Another flatbed truck was hauling what appeared to be a piece of the International Space Station. Or, maybe some other complex bit of technology. Though given that we’re in the middle of oil-rig country, it probably had something to do with that and [...]

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heat sink

Posted on Monday, August 9, 02004 under life happens, opinions & venting, travel & holidays, weather, weird & whimsical.

Some of us already know this story. It was raining in Saskatchewan this weekend. As haunting cold drew us from the city to the nether-lake-regions of our neighbor’s north. We pondered the brevity of life, and mused at the complexity of life in a tent. It was cold, but the meals followed in quick succession and the beer flowed like water. Saturday was morose. Glum clouds hung heavy, and the air was damp, moist, and threatening. I nursed a maple malt from the banks of False Creek, hunched deep into a red lawnchair, and pulled a dog-eared copy of Adam’s second classic from my car as I settled in for a quiet, and dislocated, afternoon. One chapter later, there was a scream. The campsite was [...]

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